KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany - For U.S. paratroopers, the jumpmaster is the first person they see when they step onto the loading ramp of a military aircraft and last person they see before they step out ...
FORT BENNING, Ga. — To the uninitiated, the interior of a military transport plane is a chaotic mix of engine roar, vibrating aluminum and the acrid scent of JP-8 jet fuel. To a jumpmaster, however, ...
1st Sgt. Micah Symmonds is a jumpmaster for the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska. Symmonds said he still gets nervous before jumps, but keeps an outward appearance of calm for his paratroopers.